The Distribution of the Amoritish Kingdoms

(Numbers 32) The Ruebenites and the Gadites solicit for their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. This country recently dispossessed of the Amorites, impressed them, from its abundant pastures, to be well adapted to their occupations with respect to their large possessions in cattle. Then, too, the land was without an owner, as it was not literally included in the promise. "Wherefore," said they to Moses and the princes of Israel, "if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be...